Looking Down During a Day on Earth Timelapse

Most station footage looks out toward the horizon. This one looks down. Recorded on September 20, 2021, during Thomas Pesquet's second mission, it was shot at two frames a second and plays about 12 times faster than real time. Without the curve of the horizon in the way, the ground reads almost like a map scrolling past, which makes it the one to choose for terrain, coastlines and cloud patterns rather than the glow of the atmosphere.